Election denier Kurt Olsen has resigned from DOJ, sources say
Olsen had been assigned to the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of Florida, where he was working on the "grand conspiracy" investigation targeting Obama- and Biden-era officials
Kurt Olsen, a known election denier who sought to invalidate the 2020 election results supporting President Trump, has stepped down from his position within the Justice Department, according to sources cited by CBS News. Olsen had been working as part of the U.S. Attorney's Office in Florida on an investigation into alleged conspiracies involving former Obama and Biden officials, but no charges had been filed at the time of his resignation.
Joe diGenova, a prosecutor appointed by Attorney General Todd Blanche, also left the department amid conflicts with senior officials over management and the speed of ongoing cases. Olsen had previously held the role of Presidentially appointed Director of Election Security and Integrity at the White House. In 2020, Olsen represented Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton in efforts to seek a Supreme Court overturn of the election outcomes.
In 2022, he was served with a subpoena by the House Jan. 6 select committee for allegedly coordinating with high-ranking DOJ officials to file election challenges, with the committee claiming Olsen spoke to Trump on January 6, 2021. Olsen had referred the Fulton County election case to the FBI, leading to a search warrant and the seizure of numerous election-related materials. He also submitted multiple election-related referrals to the Justice Department.
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